Below is a list of abstract titles presented with links to pdf files of each. Provided kindly by Dr. Thivakorn Kasemsri, Lubbock, TX, USA.

• SHORT TERM USE OF INTRAVENOUS EPOPROSTENOL IS COST EFFECTIVE FOR TRANSITIONING OFF NITRIC OXIDE FOLLOWING CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY IN THE U.S. Thivakorn Kasemsri, M.D., James E. Harrell, M.D., Covenant ChildrenÕs Hospital, Lubbock, TX, U.S.A. [pdf]
• PEDIATRIC TRANSPYLORIC TUBE PLACEMENT. M. Fallon, RN, M. Harrell, RN, BSN, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Covenant Children's Hospital, Lubbock, Texas [pdf]
• DOUBLE PUMPING INOTROPIC MEDICATIONS ON THE POST-OPERATIVE PEDIATRIC CARDIAC PATIENT. M. L. Harrell, BSN, RN, T. Martin, RN [pdf]
• STUDIES ON POSTOPERATIVE VENTILATION-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA AND ITS RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE TAN Linhua, ZHANG Zewei, ZHU Xiongkai, et al. Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Children's Hospital, College of Medcine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China [pdf]
• CHANGES IN RESPIRATORY PATTERN DURING CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE IN INFANTS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY. Yuji TAKAUCHI, M.D.(1), Hideaki IMANAKA, M.D.(1), Masaji NISHIMURA, M.D.(2), Muneyuki TAKEUCHI, M.D.(1), Kazuya TACHIBANA, M.D.(1), Hideki UEMURA, M.D.(3), and Toshikatsu YAGIHARA, M.D.(4). 1 Staff Physician, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, 3 Staff Surgeon, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 4 Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, and 2 Associate Professor, Intensive Care Unit, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan. [pdf]
• EFFICACY OF NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING (NIBP) IN COMPARISON TO INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE (ABP) MONITORING Dr. Raghunath C.N, Sr.Usha Rani, Dr. Amit Varma, Naryana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore [pdf]
• PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AFTER PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY DOES IT EFFECT OUTCOME? Dr. Raghunath C.N, Dr. Colin John, Dr. Rajesh Sharma, Dr. Amit Varma Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore [pdf]
• LOW RISK VERSUS HIGH RISK ARTERIAL SWITCH - A COMPARATIVE STUDY. Raghunath CN, S. Maheshwari, Suresh PV, A. Varma, D.P. Shetty, R. Sharma Narayana Hrudayalya, Bangalore [pdf]
• TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH POST-OP BIVENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION. S J Kim, J Y Song, J Y Lee, C Lim, S C Kim, W H Kim. Dept of pediatric cardiology, and Cardiac Surgery, Sejong Heart Institute, Pucheon City, Korea [pdf]
• EVALUATION AND THERAPY OF HIGH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. S. Simeunovi, V.Kanjuh, V. Mujovi, I. Jovanovi, M. uki, V. Parezanovi, G. Vukomanovi, Milin_i, S. Ili, T. Ilisi, J. Kalanj,G. uturilo. University Children Hospital [pdf]
• MANAGEMENT OF CHYLOTHORAX IN CHILDREN AFTER REPAIRING OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS. Qiang Shu (1), Xiaojun He (2), LinHua Tan (2) 1. Department of cardiovascular surgery, 2. Department of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital , ZheJiang University School of Medicine, 310003, HangZhou, China. [pdf]
• ICU MANAGEMENT OF NEONATES WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA INTACTIVES AFTER PERFORATION AND VALVULOPLASTY. Saad Alyousef, Tarek Momenah, Jassim Abdulhamed, Abdullah Al Jarallah, and Hussein Mukhtar. Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [pdf]
• THE THIRD INTERCOSTAL SPACE AS AN ANATOMIC LANDMARK FOR PROPER DEPTH OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN CATHETER IN CHILDREN. Chongdoo Park, M.D., Seong Deok Kim, M.D., Chong Sung Kim, M.D., Kyoung-Ok Kim, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, 110-744 [pdf]
• FAST TRACK PROTOCOL IN PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY. Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Toshihide Asou, Yuko Takeda, Hiromi Tasaki, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Kuniyoshi Ohara, Hirokuni Yoshimura, Hirotsugu Okamura*. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesiology*, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan [pdf]
• CARDIAC SURGERY IN PREMATURE INFANTS - "IN SEARCH OF OPTIMAL PULMONARY ARTERY BANDING" Neerod Kumar Jha, Sriram Shankar, Wong Keng Yean and Tan Teng Hong. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology Kandang Kdrbau WomenÕs and Children's Hospital, Singapore [pdf]
• INTEGRATION AND CENTRALIZATION OF 2 PREVIOUSLY SEPARATED PEDIATRIC CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL PROGRAMS RESULTED IN IMPROVED OUTCOME. Mayer Sagy MD, Peter Silver MD, Robert A. Boxer MD, Vincent A. Parnell MD. Schneider Children's Hospital, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 [pdf]
• CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS FUROSEMIDE THERAPY IN HEAMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE INFANTS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY. AN OPTIMAL REGIMEN? MMJ van der Vorst (1), JE Kist-van Holthe tot Echten (2), RC Schoemaker, J Burggraaf. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Centre of Human Drug Research, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, Kuwait 2. Department of Paediatrics, Amsterdam Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [pdf]
• EVALUATION PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE FOR CARDIAC SURGERY. Kritvikrom Durongpisitkul, M.D., Thanarat Layangool, M.D., Yupada prongpot, M.D. and Apichai Khongphatthanayothin, M.D. Thailand Multicenter study group [pdf]
• PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY OUTREACH PROGRAM AT FOUR GENERAL HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN PART OF THAILAND. Pongprot Y (a), Sittiwangkul R (a) , Jansiriyotin P (a), Suthisrivarakon S (a), Phrabpring P (a), Cheuratanapong S (b). a. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, b. Division of Cardiovascular-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. Chiang Mai Thailand. [pdf]
• COMPLETE HEART BLOCK AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. Te-Kuei Hsieh, Jeng-Sheng Chang, Yung-Chang Lai, Ping-Chun Li. Department of Pediatrics & Surgery*, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, TAIWAN [pdf]
• HIGH MORTALITY RATE AFTER EXTUBATION FAILURE AFTER PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY. MMJ van der Vorst (1), ADJ ten Harkel (2), MG. Hazekamp, J Ottenkamp Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, Kuwait 2. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Erasmus-MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands [pdf]
• COMPARISON OF CVP MEASUREMENTS IN THE INTRATHORACIC AND THE INTRAABDOMINAL VENA CAVA IN PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS. Kyoung Ok Kim, M.D., Chong Sung Kim, M.D.,Chongdoo Park, M.D., Seong Deok Kim, M.D. Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, 110-744 [pdf]
• PERICARDIOCENTESIS BY THE INTERCOSTAL APPROACH. Dr KY Wong, Dr TH Tan, Dr K. Passimio, Dr JT Heng, Dr S Shankar, Dr N Jha. KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore [pdf]
• UNTITLED. Jeng-Sheng Chang., Yung-Chang Lai, Ping-Chun Li+, Kuen-Bao Chen* Departments of Pediatrics, Surgery+ and Anesthesiology*,China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, TAIWAN [pdf]
• VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN A NEONATE WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS. Hirohiko Shiraishi MD, Yuka Hirakubo MD, Masaru Hoshina MD, Kou Ichihashi MD, Naoto Takahashi MD, Yoko Honma MD, Mariko Y. Momoi, MD Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi, Tochigi, 329-0498 Japan [pdf]
• A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF A HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM IN PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOME CARE OF INFANT WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. Yu-Shan Chang, Chia-Hsie Su, Chih-Wen Chang, Wen-Chin Lin, Hui-Min Chang, Fong-Yuan Chang Departments of Nursing, China Medical College Hospital, Taiwan, Taipei R.O.C. [pdf]
• EFFECT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING ON HEART-RATE VARIABILITY IN OBESE CHILDREN. Sadeghi M, Roohafza HR, Kelishadi R. Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center. ISFAHAN, IRAN. [pdf]